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A couple of years ago my friend Kenn Minter mentioned that he’d be interested in collaborating on a comic together and I said sure! The idea was for each of us to produce a dirty, low brow story that might not have a place in our regular publications. I agreed and off we went to work on them!

As it happens, life has a way of punching you in the gut from time to time and when it did so to me I kind of forgot about the whole thing for awhile. Well, I bounced back and last year asked Kenn if he was still down for working on the book. Luckily he was indeed and we were able to put this little gem together for your reading pleasure.

It contains two autobiographical short stories, one written by Kenn and drawn by me and one written by me and drawn by Kenn (plus a bonus one page comic written and drawn by me) all if full color! That’s right, my very first full color comic!

It will be making it’s debut at S.P.A.C.E. in Columbus next weekend so if you’re at the show be sure to stop by my table and pick up a copy. If you can’t make it you can always purchase a copy for $4 postage included thru paypal at veggiedogsaturn (at) gmail (dot) com or through the tried and true method of sending well concealed cash to me at 3315 S. Smithville Rd. Dayton, Oh. 45420.

This flip comic features two spooky fun stories! Coffin Blind was written by me and drawn by Nate McDonough and The Witch’s Wager was written by Nate and drawn by me. In case you’re not familiar with Nate’s amazing comic Grixly (among others) check out his site here.

Two dollars gets you a copy (shipping included). You can barely buy a glass of water for two dollars these days but here we are offering you this beautiful miniature sequential art graphic narrative shipped to your very own home!

This new mini-comic is my adaptation of one of my favorite songs by The Handsome Family. The words are the lyrics to the song of the same title from their Last Days of Wonder LP (with songs about Nikola Tesla, bowling alley bars, ghosts and falling in love with strangers at airports it is a great record start to finish).

In case you’re unfamiliar, The Handsome Family is Brett and Rennie Sparks. Rennie writes the lyrics, Brett writes the music and they both sing and play.

So, last year I wrote to Rennie Sparks to ask her permission to do this comic and to my delight she responded, “Go for it!” so off I went and did it!

Now it’s done and is $3 postpaid to anywhere in North America. Send well concealed cash to the address at the bottom of this page for this thirty page black and white mini-comic with full color cover.

Also, for some truly great music that some describe as American Folk or Country Gothic (I just call it awesome!) visit the Handsome Family’s website here.

UPDATE:
So, I just found out this wasn’t a new idea. A cartoonist from the UK by the name of Dan Berry already did it… and did it much better. I guess it’s true “There’s nothing new under the sun.”
Check out an example of Dan’s fantastic work here.

I’ve recently began working on my first graphic novel. It’s a very different format for someone used to doing mini-comics and comic strips as it requires waiting until you’ve done over a hundred pages of art before you get any reader feedback. So I’ve decided to release a limited run of each chapter as a mini-comic (the first of which I just finished) in hopes of getting an idea whether or not this thing is going to have an audience.

It’s a story set in the late 1800’s in my hometown of Dayton, Ohio and centers around two brothers, John and Frank Patterson, struggling with the decision of what they are going to make of themselves. This first chapter depicts the beginnings of their journey as it is wrought with risks and pitfalls. This is indeed a true story that I’ve found fascinating for awhile and felt it worthy of taking the time to share with others who may not be familiar.

This first chapter (titled The Purchase) is a 22 page black and white comic with a color cover and a sticker price of $4 (postpaid in the United States). Originally I had planned on debuting it at Appleseed Con, but it looks like it will be sometime in June. If you’d like to pre-order a copy you can send payment to the address at the bottom of this page or to my paypal account which is veggiedogsaturn@gmail.com

Below is a sample page from the first chapter depicting the Patterson brothers’ frustration after realizing the business they just purchased isn’t as solid as they were led to believe.